Donald Trump called a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida yesterday. Although Trump’s rally appearances and press conferences are typically rambling, this one seemed even more so. The 78-year-old Republican candidate for President also struggled to hear questions from reporters.
Another instance of Trump struggling to hear questions from reporters pic.twitter.com/nylZGrUrGE
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 8, 2024
As always, he also told some bare-faced falsehoods. For example, he downplayed the January 6th insurrection in the capital. He claimed “Nobody was killed.”
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Trump: "Nobody was killed on January 6 … I think that the people of January 6 were treated very unfairly." pic.twitter.com/3Wvkni8lrz
— Axios (@axios) August 8, 2024
Martin Luther King
A reporter asked Trump about Kamala Harris drawing big crowds on the campaign trail this week. Trump trashed this claim, suggesting his inauguration speech attracted more supporters than Martin Luther King did with his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
No parody, not even SNL at its best, could possibly capture how deranged this is…….pic.twitter.com/QUleZNWd9e
— John O’Brennan (@JohnOBrennan2) August 8, 2024
Many blasted this assertion, including members of King’s family and the NAACP.
Donald Trump just said that he had a bigger crowd on January 6 than Dr. Martin Luther King did when he delivered “I Have A Dream.”
— NAACP (@NAACP) August 8, 2024
…Not only is that completely false, but here’s what is more important: MLK’s speech was about democracy. Trump’s was about tearing it down. pic.twitter.com/cyjmztKy1Y
Trump also suggested he and Kamala Harris should have three debates together. Their first debate appears confirmed to go ahead on ABC on September 10.
Trump also tried to mock Harris for not giving any press interviews or press conferences since President Biden quit the race. He claimed it’s because “she’s barely competent.”
Among those criticizing Trump’s performance was his niece, Mary Trump. The queer psychologist has long been a vocal critic of her uncle.
On X, Mary Trump said, “This is someone’s old racist uncle ranting on a street corner in front of a bunch of flags. I should know.”
Her tweet has received over 50,000 likes, with many agreeing.
The only demographic Trump is still doing well with are “elderly people who don’t get phone calls from their grandkids anymore”.
— Jay Black (@jayblackisfunny) August 8, 2024
Rosie O’Donnell
Another longtime critic of Trump is Rosie O’Donnell.
“Are you watching this moron speak?” O’Donnell posted on a TikTok video.
“Can he form a coherent sentence? He is the worst thing that ever happened. Period. And he’s just babbling like an incoherent a**hole. He’s like Doctor Doom. He’s the worst thing.
“He just lies, lies, lies. I am done with Donald Trump. Let’s be done with Donald. OK? Done with DonOld.”
@rosie DONOLD IS DONE #NEVERTRUMP ♬ original sound – Rosie ODonnell
Even former Trump staff expressed horror at Trump’s performance. Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham worked for both Trump and former First Lady, Melania Trump. She has since written a highly critical book about Melania and her time in the Trump administration. Grisham witnessed Trump’s behavior up close.
Grisham said that Trump announcing his own press conference was a sign he was “panicking.”
“Re: Trump’s self-announced press conference today at 2 pm: He’s panicking,” Grisham said on X. “I’ve seen this play many times. He thinks his team is failing him & no one can speak better/“save” his campaign/defend him but him. He hates the coverage Harris is getting & thinks only he can fix it.”
Re: Trump’s self-announced press conference today at 2 pm: He’s panicking. I’ve seen this play many times. He thinks his team is failing him & no one can speak better/“save” his campaign/defend him but him. He hates the coverage Harris is getting & thinks only he can fix it.
— Stephanie Grisham (@OMGrisham) August 8, 2024
A Trump spokesperson dismissed Grisham’s assessment. They told The Hill, “She should stick to talking about the Bombay Club in DC rather than politics.”
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War On Free Speech
Trump spoke and took questions for an hour and twenty minutes. Kamala can’t speak to the press at all.
Poor Kamala is even recycling her campaign rally speeches word-for-word via teleprompter. The side-by-side speech comparisons is pathetic.
Enjoy the honeymoon as it will come crashing down when the American people see this phoney for what she really is.
War On Free Speech
Also, so glad to know what Mary thinks. I had been wondering.
inbama
He belongs in a home.
Kangol2
D….T…. just needed a
straitjacket.
still_onthemark
IF DonOLD doesn’t chicken out of the debate he’s already committed to, all Kamala has to do is wear a shark costume. DonOLD will be so scared he’ll p00p his pants (again) and have to leave the stage!
abfab
Logcabinlosers. Start thinking aboout new careers and ways of wasting your time. It’s over.
Eternal.Cowboy
DTJ rambled incoherently for over an hour. Not a high bar, I can point you to several people in my city that stand on street corners and do that daily. Anyway, congrats to him for getting out of the Mar a largo basement for a bit.
I appraise the ease at which people will make things up. She can’t speak to the press? She has a press contingent that travels with her and she regularly answers questions for them. Just yesterday she was answering questions for the New York Post about the debates… Pretty easy to verify if you know how the internet works. You know how what the internet works …. right??
RIGay
Interesting – as a convicted Felon, I don’t believe that Florida will allow him to vote in November. Or New Jersey.
I listened to him babbling incoherently. Kinda reminded me of an elderly relative who just does not know when to stop talking. I guess his meds were off or something. Someone should look into that.
Audrik2000
Wow the Trumpers really are panicking. Trump is looking more and more pathetic.
abfab
Liar, liar size 78 waist pants on fire!
“Well, I know Willie Brown very well,” Mr. Trump responded. “In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him.”
He went on to tell a cinematic tale of a close call with death — and of politically advantageous gossip on death’s door:
“We thought maybe this was the end,” Mr. Trump said. “We were in a helicopter, going to a certain location together, and there was an emergency landing. This was not a pleasant landing.
abfab
What a mess.
“And Willie was — he was a little concerned,” Mr. Trump continued. “So I know him, but I know him pretty well. I mean, I haven’t seen him in years. But he told me terrible things about her. But this is what you’re telling me, anyway, I guess. But he had a big part in what happened with Kamala. But he — he, I don’t know, maybe he’s changed his tune. But he — he was not a fan of hers very much, at that point.”
DrJones
Nope, your “candidate” is an old man with significant cognitive decline who doesn’t know who people are. Reporters asked questions about Josh Shapiro and it is EVIDENT he had no idea who he was. He rambled about a helicopter crash that never happened, confusing people in his story and things that were never said. This is what happens when you give a man with dementia a microphone.
hunternw
It should also be noted that MLKs speech happened in 1963 when the US population was ~183M vs. Trumps 2020 insurrection that happened when the US population was ~331M. This makes the size of MLKs audience all the more impressive. People came from all over the country to see and hear MLK when it was still rare and very expensive to fly.
jp47
still__onthemark, If Vance and Walz have a debate, Walz should sit on a sofa wearing a dolphin costume. Vance would become so overwhelmed he’d start humping them both.
abfab
GOP uses My Heart Will Go On at Montana rally. A song from a film about a sinking ship.